Plowing

Also, it has been many years since this field has been worked, and I am wondering how deep to plow. The soil is a heavy clay, with some loam on top. The top soil(sod) is about 4 to 6 inches, and the then the subsoil.

I plan to plant horse hay(alfafa, timothy, orchard grass), with a cover crop of oats in the spring.

I live in Eastern Ontario, Canada.

Thanks in advance for any imput.

Peter

Here is another question.

When plowing, how big are the rectangles that you work with? What I mean is do you do the whole feild in one section, or do you break it up into sections, thus having multiple dead furrows?

I know that these are very basic questions, but I have to start somewhere, and I hate to make a mess of it. Getting the furrows straight will be hard enough.

Thanks,

Peter

When you get to the middle of the field and it's about to get too tight to turn the corners (like a long skinny rectangle), split what's left down the middle then plow the same side of both halves. That way it never gets any smaller and you don't waste time turning around. If you need a description, e-mail me, 'cuz this probably won't make sense unless you've done it!

We're about "laid by" here in E. TX and it's looking like rain!

Kerry

Since you're so much farther north than me, it's probably too late for you to plant anything now (it's really almost too late here but I had to wait for a little rain - it was like disking asphalt). If you can't plant anything now to hold the soil in place, you're probably better off waiting until spring and following the other guys' suggestions.

I know you'll have to adjust things (dates and crops) to your lattitude, but that's how we do it here in east TX. My father also ran the tractor out of diesel so I get to go bleed it (again) tomorrow, but at least we finished first! He'll never learn...

Kerry

regards,

Peter